Concordia College Alabama and Auburn University are teaming up to give Concordia students an opportunity to expand their education through the “Two Plus Two” program. 

In August, Cheryl Washington, Concordia vice president of academic affairs, and Timothy Boosinger, Auburn University provost/vice president of academic affairs, signed a contract that enables Concordia students to earn their associates degree and then transfer to Auburn where they would then work towards earning their bachelor’s degree.

“We’re extremely excited to be partnering with Auburn for this program,” said Abby Campbell, director of public relations at Concordia. “We know that this will be very beneficial to our students who are interested in pursuing degrees that we may not currently offer at CCA.”

The program allows students to get their basics at Concordia, and then go on to Auburn to study in fields like engineering, agriculture, fisheries, education, business and nursing to receive their bachelor’s degree.

“Since we don’t offer those specific degrees at Concordia, we wanted to open it up to our students to where they can start out at Concordia and then transfer to Auburn to finish a bachelor’s degree,” Campbell said.

Campbell said they are looking forward to working with Auburn, and they are excited to offer this program to their students.

“For students that are interested in earning an engineering degree or nursing degree or something that’s not offered in Selma, they can start out at Concordia and then easily just have a seamless transition into getting that degree,” Campbell said.

“Auburn is a highly respected institution with state-of-the-art technology and academic programs, and we’re excited to join forces to produce top quality graduates.”

To qualify for the program, students will need to meet the requirements from both schools, including grade point average minimums.

“They’re going to be accepting eight students a year from Concordia, and all they have to do is just meet Auburn’s admission requirements and meet our grade standards,” Campbell said. “It will be starting immediately, so anyone that graduated this year with their associates degree, can immediately be accepted into Auburn as long as they meet those requirements.”